Articles in Technology

Is Lithium-ion A Dead-End Electric Drive Technology?

12/14/2010, 1:22 am from John Petersen in Investing, Stocks, Technology

Last week Energy Secretary Steven Chu addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun. After watching the video presentation several times I can't help but wonder whether the... Read >>

CHU moves away from the iPhone

12/13/2010, 7:40 pm from Emerging Money in News Headlines, Technology, International, Stocks

The iPhone may not be the symbol to global prosperity for long. China Unicom, which distributes Apple's iconic smartphone in China, is unveiling its own high-end handset soon. CHU   ... Read >>

Dell puts finishing touches on acquisition, data storage industry expected to adjust accordingly

12/13/2010, 6:10 am from NASDAQ.com News in Personal Finance, Technology

Dell ( DELL ) topped off its acquisition of Compellent Technologies ( CML ) in a deal worth $820 million, the Wall Street Journal reports . The deal comes after Dell lost a... Read >>

Companies seek payments for use

12/8/2010, 12:00 pm from NASDAQ.com News in Personal Finance, Technology

European phone operators, fed up with Google ( GOOG ), Apple ( AAPL ) and Facebook's enormous appetites for bandwidth services and having to pay those social... Read >>

Google book program to challenge Amazon

12/7/2010, 3:36 am from NASDAQ.com News in Personal Finance, Technology

Monday saw the opening of "the largest ebooks collection in the world," an online trove more than three million books, The Boston Globe reports . eBookstore from Google ( ... Read >>

Kandi Technologies – An Intelligent Vehicle Electrification Plan

12/7/2010, 1:34 am from John Petersen in Investing, Stocks, Technology

The last thing regular readers expect from me is an article praising a vehicle electrification plan, but I've seen one that overcomes most of the problems I've been writing about for the last... Read >>

RIM acquires Swedish design company

12/2/2010, 11:17 am from NASDAQ.com News in Personal Finance, Technology

As part of an effort to improve its screens' appearance and operations, Research In Motion ( RIMM ) has acquired a design company based in Sweden, Reuters reports . The... Read >>

In Defense of Google's Groupon Acquisition

12/2/2010, 5:54 am from SeekingAlpha in Investing, Technology

The Curious Investor submits: It seems that Google ( GOOG ) is poised to make a potential $6 billion acquisition of Groupon which has been described as $5.3 billion in upfront... Read >>

Alice in EVland Part II; The Hall Of Mirrors

12/1/2010, 6:36 am from John Petersen in Investing, Stocks, Technology

Mark Twain reportedly said that " Figures don't lie, but liars figure ." Truer words were never spoken. On November 22nd the EPA issued an official fuel economy sticker for Nissan's... Read >>

Netflix: Will This Movie Ever End?

11/28/2010, 12:26 am from EconMatters in Investing, Stocks, Investing Ideas, Technology

By Dian L. Chu , EconForecast After driving Blockbuster out of business and taking a good chunk of subscribers from cable TVs, Netflix (NFLX) is now setting sight on the streaming video... Read >>